my dad just got a dsl connection, and i ended up doing a lot of updating and reinstalling on his windows 2000 machine to make it, uh, more useable.
then ie died. it just wouldn't connect. i don't know why. so i said he should try out moz firebird until we can get it working again. so he's got firebird, all those nice tabs, fast, etc. really cool. he likes it. he's gonna stick with it. then he asks me if there's any way to get rid of outlook too, cuz he saw thunderbird on the mozilla site.
i have never used thunderbird, so i grabbed it for him so we could try it out. nice! it just *works*, and it's fucking development stage! could you imagine using an early beta of outlook?
moral of story: thunderbird is nice, but im still using kmail. but it would definitely do everything i could possibly need an email client to do, except maybe write snotty smartass replies for me....but someone could write an extension for that
this is a retarded idea. who the hell wants to share metadata *about* files? that's like reading a description of the porn rather than looking directly at it.
"well written code" is pretty dependent on who's looking at it - very subjective. if no one's looking at it (that is, no one except those writing it) then it's impossible for anyone outside to come to any conclusion.
thus, open code is the only code that can be called "well written".
not to jump to conclusions or anything, but does anyone know if things like this are a sign of impending doom for our sun, or is it just "something happening".
have such frequent large flares been observed before on other stars?
maybe a useful (non advertising) implementation would be something like this:
say you have a limited budget to spend on food, and you need to make it thru x number of days. if the computer knows your likes/dislikes and the general eating habits (once again, this might be giving out too much info) of yourself (and family), then it could possibly make meal suggestions that would allow someone to be certain that they have enough food to last the week or whatever and stay within budget.
i'm not embarassed to say that i've been very broke before and have receieved food stamps (not now), and at other times just didn't make a whole lot, but still had to be very careful about budgeting my food money to make sure everyone ate and i could still put gas in the car, etc. something like this would have been helpful, i suppose. i guess the same thing could be put in a PDA or even a cell phone now, but most people who are scraping by don't have either of those.
for example:
"since you enjoy potato chips and eat 1-2 bags per week, you'll be glad to know that you can buy two bags for the price of one in aisle six. you have $34.32 left in your food budget."
"if you buy the large bag of french fries for x dollars, according to your programmed meal habits you will have enough for an extra side of them later in the week, possibly with your hamburgers."
...but really, isn't this just yet another scheme to get us to buy more crap that we don't need? wow, those smart guys found *another* place to bombard us with advertising and suggestions in order to profit and make us spend spend spend.
it's not like its gonna look at my cart and say "how about some macaroni and cheese to go with your hotdogs". it's gonna say "don't forget to pick up a box or three of Kraft brand macaroni and cheese. it's the cheesiest! it'll go great with your Oscar Meyer weieners...and don't forget about the great deals you'll find on Bush's baked beans - from a generations old family secret", and on and on and on.
i can make my own decisions (albeit very slowly) about what to buy in the grocery store. so this thing needs an off switch.
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well you think that if they're paying for it, they'll be using....duh
I think it's safe to assume that (1) probably not many people at SCO have much expertise except legal
nope, sco never hired any programmers, admins, engineers, nothing. no one but attorneys and legal types.
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my dad just got a dsl connection, and i ended up doing a lot of updating and reinstalling on his windows 2000 machine to make it, uh, more useable.
...but someone could write an extension for that
then ie died. it just wouldn't connect. i don't know why. so i said he should try out moz firebird until we can get it working again. so he's got firebird, all those nice tabs, fast, etc. really cool. he likes it. he's gonna stick with it. then he asks me if there's any way to get rid of outlook too, cuz he saw thunderbird on the mozilla site.
i have never used thunderbird, so i grabbed it for him so we could try it out. nice! it just *works*, and it's fucking development stage! could you imagine using an early beta of outlook?
moral of story: thunderbird is nice, but im still using kmail. but it would definitely do everything i could possibly need an email client to do, except maybe write snotty smartass replies for me.
maybe they should think a little harder, since this idea has been done ten times over already...
you mean there's something in nature that man hasn't exploited for profit yet?
i agree. now someone put all of these and a few more on x86 hardware under linux...
um, i've never been to disneyland (and i get *world and *land confused), but could you be referring to the monorail?
mod parent up.
this is a retarded idea. who the hell wants to share metadata *about* files? that's like reading a description of the porn rather than looking directly at it.
who the hell hires these people, and why?
oh god, my brain is going to explode...
am i the only one that associates "fedora" with indiana jones?
shit, shoulda previewed
again, it went:
* feels at chin *
"what are these doing up here?"
* grabs chin, shoves down pants *
he did! it was in an episode whose title i cannot recal, someone back me up here. it went something like this:
"what are these doing up here"
am i right? or was i high?
The rest of the characters are pretty much a waste of time except as subjects for Stewie's plots.
you LIE. megan is my ideal girl, i swear. she's perfect.
go ahead, create another format - we'll still find a way to copy it.
..when it was called Microserfs.
"well written code" is pretty dependent on who's looking at it - very subjective. if no one's looking at it (that is, no one except those writing it) then it's impossible for anyone outside to come to any conclusion.
thus, open code is the only code that can be called "well written".
two words:
peer review
and that's my 2c
mine didn't come with a manual, so if i accidently drive while sleeping, can i sue dodge?
symlinks are a filesystem thing. is that gonna be a part of the new WinFS or whatever?
i never realized that everyone sees the same quote. interesting...
not to jump to conclusions or anything, but does anyone know if things like this are a sign of impending doom for our sun, or is it just "something happening".
have such frequent large flares been observed before on other stars?
maybe a useful (non advertising) implementation would be something like this:
...just a thought
say you have a limited budget to spend on food, and you need to make it thru x number of days. if the computer knows your likes/dislikes and the general eating habits (once again, this might be giving out too much info) of yourself (and family), then it could possibly make meal suggestions that would allow someone to be certain that they have enough food to last the week or whatever and stay within budget.
i'm not embarassed to say that i've been very broke before and have receieved food stamps (not now), and at other times just didn't make a whole lot, but still had to be very careful about budgeting my food money to make sure everyone ate and i could still put gas in the car, etc. something like this would have been helpful, i suppose. i guess the same thing could be put in a PDA or even a cell phone now, but most people who are scraping by don't have either of those.
for example:
"since you enjoy potato chips and eat 1-2 bags per week, you'll be glad to know that you can buy two bags for the price of one in aisle six. you have $34.32 left in your food budget."
"if you buy the large bag of french fries for x dollars, according to your programmed meal habits you will have enough for an extra side of them later in the week, possibly with your hamburgers."
etc, etc...
...but really, isn't this just yet another scheme to get us to buy more crap that we don't need? wow, those smart guys found *another* place to bombard us with advertising and suggestions in order to profit and make us spend spend spend.
it's not like its gonna look at my cart and say "how about some macaroni and cheese to go with your hotdogs". it's gonna say "don't forget to pick up a box or three of Kraft brand macaroni and cheese. it's the cheesiest! it'll go great with your Oscar Meyer weieners...and don't forget about the great deals you'll find on Bush's baked beans - from a generations old family secret", and on and on and on.
i can make my own decisions (albeit very slowly) about what to buy in the grocery store. so this thing needs an off switch.
...but they do occasionally misspell the name of their super intelligent nation
link please. i want to read the text of a 300 billion corporation threatening to "go out of buisiness".